Obama will be in Michigan to visit workers in Redford Township but will not be visiting Chrysler's Jefferson North plant. Still, no worries.
About seven years ago...I had a chance to go to a Audi factory in Bavaria. As I walked through the factory...things moved in a mechanical fashion and I got the impression that these workers absolutely tuned into doing the job right...the first time around. It’s a general insult if a QC guy finds anything wrong with your work. Boozing during the day or showing up doped up? Doesn’t happen. There’s a fair amount of peer pressure to deliver the best product possible.
I think the Chrysler crew have proven that they don’t have what it takes to be on the team. I’d suggest they go elsewhere.
There is not much in the article to indicate what happened with the arbitrator. The arbitrator is allegedly an outside consultant, usually with some legal background, who is selected by mutual agreement of the company and the goonion.
The arbitrator has to agree to hear the case after several steps of the grievance procedure have been exhausted.
It would be interesting to know if the arbitrator awarded back pay or not. If not, it indicates that he/she found the goonion trash culpable. The arbitrator may have viewed the company’s initial action as a “rush to judgement”.
Usually what happens in the case of alcohol and/or drug use is that the goonion prevails on the company to allow the noble workers to dry themselves out on a medical leave. In this day and age, they probably normally require random drug or alcohol tests for the culprits as a condition of continued employment as well as some period of “probation” wherein the noble workers can be fired if they’re found to be in violation. Usually such a transaction might require the trade off of a number of grievances which have been written on behalf of other noble workers who are usually just too glad to contribute their grievances to stand in solidarity with their brother mens.
What normally happens is the human refuse continue to drug and drink and the goonion continues to fight for their rights to party.
There is a noble afl-cio industrial worker from Michigan who posts here all the time and knows everything who probably can provide details that the article leaves out. Note that the afl-cio includes UAW Local 6000 which is one of the biggest if not the biggest “representative” of the noble State workers, but it is an industrial union and those are noble workers.
Another reason to stay away from Chrysler union built products. This is just one more little step in the slow death spiral of a union dominated industry.
Taxpayers are funding the Unions, which is funneling the dues right back to the DNC.
Union Contracts make it nearly impossible to fire any of the "Brothers" or "Sisters", and they are the cancer infecting the Public Sector now, with solid (D) voting and super-funding (D) candidates....basically, the Union Membership votes themselves immunity from firing, layoffs, constant raises and Benfit increases, etc., ALL on the backs of Taxpayers.
Repeal Davis-Bacon, OUTLAW Unions in the Public Sector, and subject Unions to a $2300 max contribution to Candidates, just like individuals. (I support the same rule for Corporations, too)
At the moment Chevrolet and Crysler products are not allowed to be parked in my garage. Only Ford. My next vehicles will be 100% American nonunion made Toyota, Nissan or Honda. I vote with my feet and my money.
The only American car I’d buy is Ford.
Obama’s Communist Method.
Did they get two years back pay as well?